There is a wide range of German courses during the lecture period of every semester. These courses are structured as follows:
The goal of these courses is to provide students with the language skills necessary for mastering the challenges of daily life in Germany and completing study tasks and university assignments. All of our courses conclude with an examination which assesses listening and reading comprehension, grammatical usage and writing skills. Oral communication skills are also graded.
Outside the lecture period, courses at all levels can also be attended as intensive courses in March and September.
You can enrol for a language course in summer and winter semester. The current information is available on the right hand side column of the Sprachenzentrum website. This is also where you can find an overview of courses on offer shortly before enrolment commences.
Information for students of the Hochschule für Musik 'Franz Liszt'
Applicants and students require a German language certificate for admission or to continue their studies at the Hochschule für Musik 'Franz Liszt'. Further information can be found here.
Students can receive 3 credit points (CP) if they regularly participate in a language course, attend at least 2/3of all sessions and pass the final examination.
The course fees are € 45 for students, € 60 for university employees, and € 225 for guests.
There are several steps required for enrolment. These are described below.
All students who would like to attend a German course at the Language Centre and do so for the first time need to register on the Language Centre's enrolment platform. You can access the enrolment platform at https://studip.uni-weimar.de.
Instructions on how to use the platform can be found here in a printable PDF format.
On StudIP you will find the current timetables. There you can also register for the courses and download your certificate of attendance after having completed your course sucessfully.
Requirement for all courses
To enter the course system, it is necessary to participate in an online placement test.
After that no further placement test is necessary if all courses are attended regularly and successfully:
| Last course attend at the Language Centre | Follow-up course |
|---|---|
| A 1.1 | A 1.2 |
| A 1.2 | A 2.1 |
| A 2.1 | A 2.2 |
| A 2.2 | B 1.1 |
| B 1.1 | B 1.2 |
| B 1.2 | B 1Plus, 1st part |
| B 1Plus, 1st part | B 1 Plus, 2nd part |
| B 1 Plus, 2nd part | B 2 (4 B 2 courses need to be completed successfully to qualify for a B 2 certificate) |
| B 2 | C 1 (4 C 1 courses need to be completed successfully to qualify for a C 1 certificate) |
If you would like to attend a German course at the Language Centre for the first time, you need to
1. register at https://studip.uni-weimar.de;
2. register for a placement test if you already have some knowledge of German (at least A 1.1) The placement test is an online test. Please click here for detailed information (printable PDF file).
3. Send the test result to E-Test-DaF[at]uni-weimar.de.
Once you have sucessfully completed a course, no further placement tests are necessary.
Enrolment in the German courses is only possible online via StudIP. Please note the enrolment period (see dates).
The fees are 45 € for students, 60 € for staff members, and 225 € for guests. The fees are to be transferred in time to the following account:
Recipient: Bauhaus-Universität Weimar/Language Centre
Credit institution: HELABA
BIC: HELADEFF820
IBAN: DE39 8205 0000 3004 4442 73
Reason for payment: 9200 + <last name, first name> + Gebühr Deutschkurs + <level>.
Please make sure that the reason for payment is correct so that we can allocate your payment correctly.
After making the transfer, do not forget to send a copy of the payment slip immediately by email to sprachenzentrum[at]uni-weimar.de. Please state the group in the subject line.
Please transfer the course fee only after you have enrolled and not while you may still be on a waiting list. You should also be aware that transferring the course fee without having enrolled in StudIP is not considered an enrolment. We cannot do the StudIP enrolment on your behalf.
Once paid, course fees can only be refunded in exceptional cases. Therefore, we urge you not to transfer the course fees until you are sure that you can or really want to attend the selected course. Only after your payment is the enrolment binding and your course place secure.
The following teaching material is used in our courses. Please make sure that you have purchased either the print version or the e-book by the beginning of a course.
| Level | Title |
|---|---|
| A 1.1 | Panorama A 1.1 (Cornelsen-Verlag) |
| A 1.2 | Panorama A 1.2 (Cornelsen-Verlag) |
| A 2.1 | Panorama A 2.1 (Cornelsen-Verlag) |
| A 2.2 | Panorama A 2.2 (Cornelsen-Verlag) |
| B 1.1 | Panorama B 1.1 (Cornelsen-Verlag) |
| B 1.2 | Panorama B 1.2 (Cornelsen-Verlag) |
| B 1 + | Weitblick B 1 + (Cornelsen-Verlag) |
| B 2.1 | Kompass Deutsch B 2.1 (Klett-Verlag) |
| B 2.2 | Kompass Deutsch B 2.2 (Klett-Verlag) |
| C 1 | Kompass DaF C1 (Klett-Verlag) |
German courses during the summer semester 2025
| Please complete the following steps | BY |
|---|---|
| For new students: register for the placement test on StudIP | 05/04 2025 |
For new students: send the placement test result to E-Test-DaF[at]uni-weimar.de | 05/04 2025 |
| For all students: Enrolment via StudIP + transfer of course fee + send payment slip to sprachenzentrum[at]uni-weimar.de | 05 - 11/04 2025 |
| For all students: test Moodle access/log in to Moodle course room | 22-24/04 2025 |
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